Israel. How dangerous is this moment . Good evening. Welcome to newsnight. Tonight, are we now on the cusp of a full blown regional war in the Middle East . Iran has launched a Missile Attack on israel this evening which is now over. Earliertoday, israeli troops invaded lebanon. Also, in whats being described as a terrorist attack, at least six people have been killed in Tel Aviv by two gunmen. Just before we came on air i spoke to Shadow Security Minster and conservative Leadership Candidate Tom tugendhat. Well, this is an incredibly dangerous moment. This is a moment when the vicious iranian regime is targeting notjust jews, muslims and christians in israel, but is putting ballistic missiles overjordan, over iraq, and threatening many, many people on the route. This is a moment when we need the british government to be absolutely firm and clear, standing with our allies in the region, injordan, in israel and standing alongside democracies. We need to be defending ourfriends and stand
but russia s president putin says the missile strike is retaliation for what he called a terrorist attack by ukraine on a key bridge in crimea. chancellor kwasi kwarteng has agreed to bring forward the publication of his economic plans to october 31st. criminal barristers in england and wales have voted to suspend strike action after accepting a government pay offer. hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has carried out a series of missile strikes on cities across ukraine, in the most widespread bombardment since the early weeks of the war. the capital city of kyiv has been targeted for the first time in months. and there have been explosions in other cities including lviv, dnipro and zaporizhzhia. ukraine says at least 11 people were killed and 64 injured in the attacks. vladimir putin says the strikes are moscow s response to an attack over the weekend on a strategic road and rail bridge from russia to occupied crimea. the russian president says that was an act of terrorism
flattened. this isjust the but whole villages have been flattened. this is just the start of the crisis. the british government says it stands ready to contribute to international aid efforts. also tonight. the cost of living crisis prices of everyday essentials are rising at their fastest rate for a0 years. the civilians bearing the brunt of russia s assault in the east of ukraine we re with volunteers in a desperate attempt to evacuate the area. cheering and applause the unveiling of a national monument to the windrush generation who came to britain from the caribbean and helped rebuild britain after the war. and coming up on the bbc news channel: a first grass court win of the season for cameron norrie as the british number one beat brandon nakashima at eastbourne. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. at least 1000 people are dead and many more injured after a powerful earthquake hit afghanistan overnight that s according to taliban officials. the country
Divest its part in its company or it will be banned. So what were looking at now, this is the breakdown. We have the owners, bytedance with a 20 stake in the company. 60 is owned by Institutional Investors including Us Investment firms such as susquehanna and Sequoia Capital and 20 is owned by employees around the world. However, chinas, Secretary Has said they will oppose the sale of bytedance and seek to block a transfer of its technology. We heard from bytedance, from tiktok, rather, who said the media app ban would trample freedom of speech. Media app ban would trample freedom of speech. Thank you for getting freedom of speech. Thank you for getting us freedom of speech. Thank you for getting us across freedom of speech. Thank you for getting us across that, for getting us across that, monica. We will be watching developments in the middle east very closely after last fridays strike on a raft iran. Us officials have claimed israel was behind the Missile Attack on military targets i
Also this hour president macrons party looks set for a Landslide Victory in frances parliamentary election. Aviation officials are investigating an incident that forced a chinese plane to make an Emergency Landing in sydney with a large hole in one of its engines. Both the white house and Downing Street dismiss reports that President Trump wants to delay his state visit to the uk, until he has the support of the british public. Good morning, were live at westminster theresa may will face tough questions today from her backbench mps. They are expected to Raise Concerns about her Leadership Style and press for more details on talks with the dup. Mrs mays new cabinet will also meet for the first time after a limited reshuffle. David davies insists he intends to begin Brexit Negotiations Ina intends to begin Brexit Negotiations in a weeks time but argues the uk will still need to pull out of the Single Market because otherwise it will not be able to control its own borders. He says the gov